Rectifier



Nov. 13, 1923. 1,473,807

E. W. BREISCH RECTIFIER Filed Nv. 5. 1920 l Fffz.

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.ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 13, 1923.

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EDGAR W. BREISGH, F EDGEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGrll'ORv TO WESTINGHO'USE ELECTRIC & MANU'FACTURING` COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BECTIFIER.

Application led November 5,v

- To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR W. BREISCH, a citizen of the Un'ted States, and a resident of Edgewood, in the count of Allegheny andv State of Pennsylvania, iave invented. a new and useful Im rovement in Rectifiers, 'oi" which the 'following is a specification.

This inventioni relates-'to reotiiiers and particularly to means for smoothing ont the l0 irect current pulsations when a singlephase source of supply "s employed.

The rectiiers used for battery charging and telephone stations must, at the present time, be supplied with quite a large induc- 16 tance in the direct current leads in order to reduce the ripple of the charging current so that the noise in the telephone circuits will not be too great. As an inductance of suiiicient size is expensive, it is desirable to l0 avoid its use, if possible.

The principal object of my invention,

therefore, is to provide means for the par-` tial elimination of the sustaining coil in connection wth rectitiers. 1

u My inventon will be understood byl reference to the. accompanying drawings Where- Figure 1 shows schematically an embodiment of my invention using four bulbs; v Fig. 2 is a Similar view of a modification ofthe device shown n Fig. l; and

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are current diagrams.

Referring to the drawings, I show a transformer 1 of the, usual construction, which may be either of the two-winding type vor the auto type. The secondary winding of the transformer is provided with a midpoint 2 which is connected through a sustaining coil 3 to the negative terminal of a' battery 4, the positive terminal of which.A is connected to the cathodes of four bulbs, B1', B2, Ba and B4.

These bulbs are connected lin pairs, the bulbs B1 and B2 having their anodes connected, respectively, through inductance L1 and resistance R2 to a secondary terminal 5 of the transformer, while bulbs B3 and B4 have their anodes connected, respectively,

through resistance R, and inductance L4 to a secondary 'terminal 6. The filaments of the bulbs are energized by any means, such as transformer windings .7, which may be in inductive relation to the primary winding of the main transformer, 1f desired.

suitable 1920. Serial No. 422,018.

Fig. 4 represents the case in which-there' is' a o lag between the current in choke coil L1 and the current in the resistance Rr' Fig. 5 represents the case in which there is a 90O` lag between said currents, and represents the case of maximum smoothness, with only two bulbs in parallel. The marked reduction in the irregularities of the load current obtained by my device is clearly shown. `My invention is obviously applicable to other forms of rectifiers, such as asymmetricalelectrolytic cells or -vapor rectifiers. It is obvious, also, that the number of phases may be multiplied indefinitely by the use ot a sufficiently large number of bulbs connected in parallel. Moreover, while the vphase displacement is obtained in Fig. 1 by means of inductances and resistances, only, I contemplate the use also of-capacitive inductances as well. L

Fig. 2 showsvone embodiment of my invention in which the bulbs B1 and B2 are connected, respectively totaps 8 and 9 on the secondary windin intermediate the ends thereof, the bulbs 1 and B, being connected to the respective ends of the secondary windings. In this manner, the resistances R2 and R3 may be reduced or even eliminated, by reason of the lower transformerv 1 voltage applied to the corresponding bulbs' its preferred forms, it is to be understood that it is ,susceptible of various modifications b those skilled in the art and that the clalms are to be construed to cover all such modifications except where limited by the state of the art. A I claim as my invention 1.l The combination with a singlefphase ggg source of alternating current, of a pair of asymmetrical conductors connected in parallel therewith, a. reactance device in series with one of said asymmetrical conductors, and mea/ns for impressing upon said last mentioned asymmetrical conductor and said reaetance device a higher alternating current voltage than that impressed upon the other asymmetrical conductor.

2. The combination with a single-phase line, of transformer means for deriving therefrom a plurality of winding elements of different potentials, a plurality of means for rectifying both half-waves of said wind ing elements, respectively, a direct-current lac/antw translating device, means for connecting said rectfying means in parallel to Said translating device, and impedance means 'for causing` a phase displacement between the currents in said rectifying means, said impedance means and different potentials being so related that the potential-drops in said impedances is substantially equal to the corresponding differences in potential of said Winding elements during normal load conditions.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name this 27 th day of October, i920.

EDGAR W. BREISCH. 

